Category: Bucks County Intermediate Unit

Noon Year's Eve at the Fab Lab Center! with title, Fab Lab Logo and confetti.

FABulous Fun at the FAB LAB Center

Posted onAuthorRobyn Gross

Looking for some­thing fun for the kids on November 22nd when school is closed?! Bring them to the Fab Lab Center for a day filled with fab­ri­ca­tion, cod­ing, and engi­neer­ing! Half-day and full-day options avail­able. Details and reg­is­tra­tion infor­ma­tion at: www.BucksIU.org/FabLab/Events

  • For Home Schooled chil­dren, a Field Trip Day
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Dr. Lindsey Sides interviews Lily about what she loves about being at the Fab Lab.

Fab Lab Center Holds a ‘Brunch and Learn FUNdraiser’ to Support STEAM Education Expansion

Posted onAuthorRobyn Gross

When chil­dren are asked what FAB stands for at the Fab Lab Center in Warminster PA, they excit­ed­ly shout “FABulous!” They may not be tech­ni­cal­ly cor­rect, but it is won­der­ful know­ing this is how they feel about this Fabrication Laboratory (Fab Lab) and the STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, … Read more...

Mobile Fab Lab Coordinator, Matthew Hayden, introduces Finch robots to the class and is showing them how they will be able to code the robots to move. Photo Credit: Pennridge School District

Bucks IU Fab Lab Awarded $450,000 PAsmart Grant for Mobile Fab Lab Expansion

Posted onAuthorRobyn Gross

The Bucks County Intermediate Unit (Bucks IU) Fab Lab is the proud recip­i­ent of a $450,000 PAsmart Innovation Grant to expand its incred­i­bly suc­cess­ful Mobile Fab Lab pro­gram. PAsmart grants are intend­ed to expand access to com­put­er sci­ence and sci­ence, tech­nol­o­gy, engi­neer­ing, and math (STEM) edu­ca­tion for … Read more...

Bucks IU at Pearl S Buck school main entrance

Bucks IU Expands Services with the Opening of theBucks IU at Pearl S. Buck

Posted onAuthorRobyn Gross

To meet the grow­ing demand for spe­cial­ized stu­dent ser­vices, on Friday, September 5, 2025, the Bucks County Intermediate Unit (Bucks IU) offi­cial­ly opened new pro­grams in the for­mer Pearl S. Buck Elementary School, on Top Road in Levittown, PA. This expan­sion reflects the Bucks IU’s ongo­ing com­mit­ment … Read more...

Graduation collages of speakers and presenters

Bucks County Intermediate Unit Honors and Celebrates Their Class of 2022 Graduates

Posted onAuthorRobyn Gross

The Bucks County Intermediate Unit (Bucks IU) was extreme­ly proud to hon­or and cel­e­brate the 45 grad­u­ates of their Class of 2022.  This year’s grad­u­at­ing class includes spe­cial edu­ca­tion stu­dents from 11 Bucks County School Districts, and the School Districts of Eastern Lancaster, Philadelphia, Spring-Ford, and Wyoming Valley. Family, … Read more...

Dr. Mark Hoffman and Board President John D'Angelo speak to those assembled for the awards.

Bucks IU Celebrates our Caring Community Awards

Posted onAuthorRobyn Gross

Each year, the Bucks County Intermediate Unit (Bucks IU) rec­og­nizes indi­vid­u­als who have made an extra­or­di­nary con­tri­bu­tion of sup­port and assis­tance to Bucks IU pro­grams and stu­dents with a Caring Community Award and celebration.

All Caring Community award win­ners were deliv­ered a per­son­al­ized award cer­tifi­cate by their nom­i­nee along … Read more...

Bucks IU Pre-K Counts Paraeducator; Vicki McGarvey, spends time one-on-one with Finn Kaufmann to examine a sand timer (hourglass) during the class independent exploration period. period.

Bucks IU Educators Help Preschool StudentsDevelop a Love for Learning

Posted onAuthorRobyn Gross

Preschool teach­ers and sup­port staff at the Bucks County Intermediate Unit (Bucks IU) just com­plet­ed the first month of school and spent these open­ing weeks encour­ag­ing young stu­dents to come ready to inter­act with peers, learn, and explore.

“My focus right away is build­ing pos­i­tive rela­tion­ships with the … Read more...

Preschooler getting individual support services in preparation of moving up to Kindergarten.

Collaboration is Key to the Bucks IU Preschool Early Intervention Kindergarten Transition Process

Posted onAuthorRobyn Gross

Each year, approx­i­mate­ly 4,000 stu­dents receive Preschool Early Intervention (PEI) ser­vices from the Bucks County Intermediate Unit (Bucks IU) at loca­tions across the coun­ty. The Bucks IU’s PEI ser­vices are specif­i­cal­ly tai­lored to help preschool­ers max­i­mize their growth and devel­op­men­tal gains before start­ing kinder­garten. Of these … Read more...